Dr. Alfredo Castillo

Ophthalmology

Doctors | Dr. Alfredo Castillo

With training in the United States and Spain, he began his professional, teaching and research experience in Madrid, from where he completed his thesis on diabetic retinopathy. He is currently the Head of Service at the Hospital Universitario Quirónsalud Madrid where he has a team of 14 ophthalmologists, 32,000 annual consultations and more than 2,000 surgeries between cataracts, refractive surgery, retina, strabismus, cornea and glaucoma. He is currently the owner of Dr. Castillo Clinic.

FORBES listed him as one of the 5 best
ophthalmologists in Spain

Professional Experience

Since 1994

Founding Partner and Consultant

Ophthalmology Clinic

1997 – 2006

Associate Physician

Glaucoma Department. San Carlos Clinical Hospital

1995

Attending Physician

Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary. Harvard Medical School. Boston

Academic Background

1989

Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery

Awarded Outstanding

1991 – 1994

Specialization in Ophthalmology

M.I.R – Specialty training in Spain

1992

Specialization in Ophthalmology

M.I.R – Specialty training in Spain

1994

PhD thesis

1995 – 1996

Harvard University Scholarship

Cornea and Ocular Immunology. Massachusetts.

1998 – 2006

Associate Professor of Ophthalmology

Complutense University

2008 – 2018

Associate Professor of Ophthalmology

Universidad Europea Madrid

2008 – 2018

Professor of Ophthalmology

Universidad Europea Madrid

Dr. Alfredo Castillo
Knowledge and specialization

Eye
Surgery

Refractive
Surgery

Refractive
Implant

Galucoma, Cataract
and Cornea

Ocular
Immunology

Awards and Accreditations

1997

First Prize in the Refractive
Surgery category

Symposium on Cataract, IOL and refractive Surgery of American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS). Boston (USA).

1998

First category of Refractive Surgery

Symposium on Cataract, IOL and refractive Surgery of American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS). Boston (USA).

Since 1998

Scientific Evaluator

About Archive of the Spanish Society of Ophthalmology.

International Society or Refractive Surgery (SSRI)

New Orleans (USA).

Publications

75 International and National magazine
publications

450 Participations

National congresses

160 Participations

International congresses

48 Books and monographs

Why Spain?
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